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May 27, 2013

May 29, 2013

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Thank God for Cliff’s Notes. Imagine how much unproductive time they saved students having to read things the 1960s generation called “classics” like the unabridged (swearword full) Catcher in the Rye, a book that makes plotless, pointless movies like “full metal jacket” seem deep..Or even the “real” classics we had to read like “great expectations” where one kept expecting something to actually happen and the book turned out to be a massive social commentary rather than a novel..I can’t help but wonder how many kids got turned off to reading because they were forced to read stuff that would only interest an anthropologist?.Only once did I ever use Cliff’s Notes, but given the lack of value of most books that teachers seem to like, I have no problems with them.